Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1893 — THEY DEMAND WORK. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THEY DEMAND WORK.

GREAT MASS MEETING OF UNEMPLOYED IN CHICAGO. Nearly Five Thooaand Men Ont of Employment Gather Abont an Express Wagon, Near the Statue of Columbus, and I-isten to Speeches from Their Leaders. Labor Blames Capital. There was a great mass meeting of the unemployed on the Lake Front, in Chicago, the other day. The men decided to march to the City Hall, carrying the banners of their various unions, and demand work of the city. This was presented in the form of a resolution, and was adopted amid ringing cheers. The unemployed assembled near ■ the Columbus statue in response to a call from the Allied Woodworkers’ Trades Council. E. O. Cochran.' business agent of the council, using fin express wagen as a speaker’s stand, stated the object of the assembly to be to con-

sider what the unemployed workmen of Chicago should do in the present hard times. A number of speakers of different nationalities were introduced, who spoke in unmistakable tones. A resolution was adopted demanding the removal of the Haymarket monument, as they consider it a relic of one of the worst judicial murders that ever disgraced the history of civilization. Resolutions were also adopted denouncing the capitalistic class and demanding relief from the present Congress.

CROWD ON THE LAKE FRONT.